Robert Sinclair

Robert (Bob) Sinclair is the Charles M. Pigott Professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University. He received his degrees in Materials Science from Cambridge University; and following a postdoctoral position at the University of California, Berkeley, with Professor Gareth Thomas, he joined the faculty in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford in 1977. His group’s research has focused on the application of advanced transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques, especially at high resolution, to addressing important issues in materials science, especially in the semiconductor and magnetics areas, and in medical nanotechnology. The work on in situ high-resolution TEM and interface reactions is likely the most well-known. He was Department Chair from 2004-2014 and Director of the Stanford Nanocharacterization Laboratory for twelve years since its founding in 2002. His group’s work has been recognized by the Distinguished Scientist Award (Physical Sciences) of the Microscopy Society of America in 2009 and the David M. Turnbull Award of the Materials Research Society in 2012.